Warrington in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Warrington in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WarringtonEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Warrington plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Warrington's incremental SNDi fell from 4.85 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Warrington ranked 50th out of 124 cities in England and 57th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in United Kingdom
32nd of 143
Rank in England
28th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in United Kingdom
57th of 143
Rank in England
50th of 124

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WarringtonKulobEl-Usayrat

In new street additions, Warrington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kulob built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and El-Usayrat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Warrington and El-Usayrat both became progressively more disconnected, while Kulob became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.